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Senate Roll Call 248, 103rd Congress · September 7, 1993

M. Joycelyn Elders, of Arkansas, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, for a term of four years — (SENATE CONFIRMED M. JOYCELYN ELDERS, OF ARKANSAS, TO BE MEDICAL DIRECTOR IN THE REGULAR CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS THEREFORE AS PROVIDED BY LAW AND REGULATIONS, AND TO BE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Nomination

65 yea · 34 nayNomination Confirmed1 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 4 nay
Republican13 yea · 30 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

PN452

No bill title on file from congress.gov for this measure.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Votes on executive nominations are procedural floor votes.

    Tagged by: keyword:public health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (65)

Nay (34)

Not voting or present (1)

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